Harvard-Westlake junior Chloe Castaneda, a UCLA commit, has been selected to attend the U.S. 17-under women’s national soccer team training camp Jan. 11-19 at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson.

Westlake freshman Tara McKeown has been chosen to participate in the U.S. 15-under national team camp, which runs today through Jan. 11 in Carson.

Jorge Ruiz, a Mission Hills resident who plays for the Galaxy club team in the U.S. National Soccer Academy, has been chosen to attend the U.S. 18-under men’s national team camp in Florida.

Lee not chosen for state football honor

Chaminade’s Donovan Lee was one of seven finalists for Cal-Hi Sports state football player of the year, but it was Mission League rival Adoree’ Jackson of Serra who received the recognition Friday, becoming the first player from the South Bay since Banning’s Michael Alo in 1980 to be selected.

Jackson’s honor is even more impressive considering he is the first from Serra. Former Cavaliers standouts Marqise Lee and George Farmer were selected state athletes of the year by Cal-Hi Sports, but neither received the Mr. Football award.

St. John Bosco’s Josh Rosen was honored as the state’s top junior, with teammate Sean McGrew selected the top sophomore. Imperial’s Royce Freeman was chosen as Medium Schools player of the year, with Mendota’s Edgar Segura named the state’s Small Schools player of the year.

Mater Dei falls before Camarillo showdown

Camarillo’s girls basketball team knows it still faces an uphill battle at 6 p.m. today at the Matt Denning Classic against host Mater Dei, but the Scorpions might have gained confidence after watching the Monarchs — the nation’s top-ranked team according to ESPN-W — lose 55-41 on Friday to St. Mary’s Albany at Inglewood.

Camarillo (12-2) suffered an 87-47 loss last year to Mater Dei (11-1).

— Erik Boal

Knowing the score

Village Christian’s Bennie Boatwright, Campbell Hall’s Aaron Holiday and Thousand Oaks’ Matt Hauser are going to wage a fierce battle in January and February to come out on top as the area’s best boys basketball scorer.

Each player is routinely hitting the mid-20s mark and each have had several games in the 30s.

Boatwright’s touches will decrease with the addition of Bryan Alberts and Razhaun “Bear” Henderson.

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Holiday should have the slight edge with defenses in the Marmonte League squarely focused on stopping Hauser, Thousand Oaks’ best scoring threat.